The play turned movie under many different guises now adds a film version of the musical ... tortured hero but doesn’t hit enough high notes to distinguish its unstained plume.

There was no small irony, then, in her taking to the stage of the Coliseum on Sunday with a one-off rendition of A Life in Notes, a musical survey of her life, as seen in New York last year.

As the final notes of the anthem faded away, the musical tribute from the British armed forces, so warmly welcomed by those present, was greeted by a round of applause before a two-minute silence ...